January 01, 2009, 2:07PM

Emiko Katano, left, Kana Chiguchi, second from left, and Naoko Miyata, third from left, all from Nagoya, Japan, take part in the New Year's Eve festivities in New York's Times Square Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

January 01, 2009, 2:07PM

Angela Sytko of New Jersey, right, and T.J. Clark New York's of Brooklyn Borough kiss at the stroke of midnight during New Year's Eve festivities in Times Square in New York on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)

January 01, 2009, 2:07PM

Allison Smith of Jacksonville, Florida, left, tries to keep warm as she and others take part in the New Year's Eve festivities in New York's Times Square Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)